Method of stimulating appetite in ruminants and ruminant feed containing appetite stimulant
AssigneeHershey Foods Corporation
InventorsGlenn A. Trout, Barry L. Zoumas, Stanley M. Tarka
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Abstract
The method of stimulating appetite in ruminants by including in their diet between about 0.05 to 0.1 weight percent of theobromine, or an amount of cocoa solids, cocoa shells or cocoa pods containing such weight percentage of theobromine, and a ruminant feed containing between about 0.05 to 0.1 weight percent of theobromine (which may be pure theobromine or theobromine derived from cocoa solids, cocoa shells and/or cocoa pods).
Claims8
A method of stimulating appetite in a ruminant comprising administering theobromine to the ruminant in a weight concentration of between about 0.05 to 0.1 weight percent theobromine in the ruminant's daily feed.
In a feed for ruminants the improvement comprising the presence of theobromine as an appetite stimulant in a weight concentration of between about 0.05 to 0.1 weight percent theobromine.
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